Lockheed Martin has won a $154 million contract from US Navy to upgrade the fleet's electronic warfare defences against evolving anti-ship missile threats. Under this low-rate initial production contract for block 2 of the Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), Lockheed Martin will provide additional systems to upgrade the AN/SLQ-32 systems on US aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and other warships with key capabilities to determine if the electronic sensors of potential foes are tracking the ship
Even after increasing production of the Rafale Fighter from the present 11 a year to three a month, Dassault may find it difficult to commit early deliveries to India. While negotiations for the purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft have commenced between the French and the Indian governments, Dassault is facing the challenge to scale up production within a relatively short time to fulfil its existing contracts with Egypt, Qatar and the French Air Force (FAF)
Chinese Peoples Liberation Army navy debuted its "new-type" Zubr-class hovercraft in a recent drill. The Ukraine-made hovercraft was set out for a landing exercise in mid-July by a squadron under the PLA navys South Sea fleet
General Dynamics UK has won a £390 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide in-service support for the SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) fleet until 2024. The contract is an extension of the in-service support that General Dynamics UK was contracted to provide for the SCOUT SV fleet until 2020
L-3 KEO has won a multi-million dollar contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for nine MK 20 Electro-Optical Sensor Systems (EOSSs). L-3 KEO will build and test the systems, as well as perform engineering services activities, over the course of the next two years in US
Lockheed Martin has integrated and flight tested seven Open Mission Systems (OMS) payloads in a span of less than three months into a U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. The company announced Wednesday that it marks its sixth demonstration flight in support of the US Air Force's OMS vision
The US has approved a $245 million worth possible sale of 1,000 tube-launched TOW anti-tank and 500 TOW bunker buster missiles to Lebanon. TOW missile is a multi-use battlefield weapon effective against tanks and vehicles, ground forces and helicopters
The Royal British Navy tested a Southampton Universtiy designed 3-D printed drone, Sulsa on its Ship HMS Mersey Tuesday. The drone was launched using a three meter catapult and autonomously flown between pre-programmed way points for five minutes before being piloted to a safe belly landing, MIT Technologyreview website reported Wednesday
Lockheed Martin has won a $28 million contract from the UK Armed Forces to continue delivering its Joint Asset Management and Engineering Solution (JAMES), a system that keeps track of military equipment and assets, for another six years. An initial $31
Russia has opened discussions with France this week on returning its communication systems installed on the Mistral-class helicopter carriers. Moscow and Paris discussed the unavoidable situations related to the return of Russian equipment which was already installed on the ships at the round of consultations held this week in Moscow